Migration and associativismo of Cape Verdeans in Argentina

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to characterize the Cape Verdean migration towards Argentina, the association phenomenon and the role that the new generations of the first immigrants descendants have begun to play in their struggle for the visibilization and achievement of full rights as citizens. This migration, which was more outstanding from the beginnings of the twentieth century to around the 1970s, even though it was not as large as other migratory currents that arrived in Argentina, was steady for decades. In the article, firstly, we deal with the analysis of choosing Argentina as destination based on concepts of migratory networks, the main places for settling and the arrival periods, and then we focus on the ethnic belonging of the group, identity issues, “invisibility”, the association phenomenon with its tensions and conflicts. To conclude, we examine the relationship between the new and old generations, particularly in reference to the process of “de-invisibilization” and the first steps in the construction of new identities crossed by a dimension, which we could call, afrodiaspora